'Wallal Carbon Farming Project 1

Wallal Carbon Farming Project 1 is a Native Forest from Managed Regrowth project located approximately 20km south-southeast of Charleville in the Murweh Shire of South West Queensland. It was registered in December 2014 and covers an area of 2284.12 hectares.

Native Forest from Managed Regrowth projects involve allowing native vegetation to regenerate into a permanent native forest by ceasing activities that suppress or destroy regrowth, such as mechanical clearing or chemical spraying. Standard methodology requirements dictate that the project area must have previously been subjected to comprehensive clearing for pastoral use, and the regenerating trees must have the potential to reach a minimum of 20% crown cover and a height of at least 2 metres.

The Charleville region is historically known for extensive pastoral operations, primarily beef cattle and sheep grazing. The area features a semi-arid climate with low, highly variable rainfall averaging around 490mm annually. Situated within the Mulga Lands bioregion, the soils largely consist of red earths, sandy loams, and Kandosols. The project's activities focus on establishing permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers.

Notably, the project proponent, Devine Agribusiness Carbon Pty Ltd, secured a fixed-delivery Commonwealth carbon abatement contract (CAC102435) in November 2015. Under this contract, 39,200 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) were successfully delivered to the Commonwealth, and the contract was officially completed in December 2019. In July 2021, Devine Agribusiness Carbon was acquired by GreenCollar, Australia's largest environmental markets investor, consolidating this project into a wider national portfolio of carbon farming assets.